Sedo and GoDaddy auctions end today starting at noon EDT. Two top level domain name-specific domain auctions end today. Sedo is auctioning off 50 .info domain names, all with reserve prices under 500 euros. The auction ends at noon EDT today. At ... Continue Reading1 Comment
Afilias and Go Daddy to hold second .info auction
· Domain SalesSecond "sunrise" auction features 135 .info domain names. Afilias and Go Daddy are teaming up for a second .info auction consisting of domain names originally reserved in the .info sunrise period in 2001. The auction includes 135 .info domain names ... Continue Reading3 Comments
Cancer.info hits $11,000, leading .info domain auction
· Domain Sales.Info auction attracting serious bids with three days to go. Cancer.info is leading the way at the Afilias .info auction at Go Daddy. Bidding on the domain name has reached $11,005 with 17 different bidders placing 87 bids. The auction features ... Continue Reading1 Comment
Go Daddy to auction .info “sunrise pending reallocation” domains
· Domain SalesAuction features domains originally reserved during 2001 sunrise. Domain name registry Afilias is working with Go daddy to auction off over 100 domain names claimed in the .info sunrise that were later deemed ineligible. The 106 domain auction runs ... Continue Reading5 Comments
.Info Has Banner Year in 2010
· UncategorizedRegistered base of .info domain names spikes in 2010. 2010 isn't over yet, but .info registry Afilias has released its 2010 .Info Annual Report (pdf). (This is likely to coincide with the ICANN meeting in Colombia and media attention around new ... Continue ReadingLeave a Comment
ICANN Green Lights 1 and 2 Letter .Info Domain Names
· ServicesHere comes 1.info. The ICANN Board approved a resolution granting Afilias the right to register one and two character .info domain names during its Board meeting last Thursday. .Info registry Afilias made the request in February. It plans to ... Continue Reading2 Comments
One and Two Character .Info Domain Names on the Way
· UncategorizedX.info will be available soon. .Info registry Afilias is asking ICANN to approve a plan to offer one and two character .info domain names for registration. As with other newer gTLDs, ICANN originally reserved all one and two character domains from ... Continue Reading4 Comments
Mortgage.info for $250? There’s a Small Catch.
· UncategorizedAfilias release .info domain names. .Info registry Afilias is letting go of a number of premium domains that were originally reserved under its sunrise period. People claimed bogus rights to domains such as mortgage.info, miami.info, and Jesus.info. ... Continue Reading19 Comments
Domain Name News Bytes for Wednesday, July 22
· UncategorizedA brief look at domain name news. .cm, .info, and other stories worth reading. Is the .cm landrush a blight on domainers? Chad Kettner thinks so. I tend to agree. Rightly or wrongly, it's easy for the media to point to major domain name companies ... Continue Reading4 Comments
Afilias Accidentally Deletes .Info Domains from RGP
· Expired DomainsRegistry for .info takes back domains mistakenly dropped. .Info registry Afilias accidentally deleted some of the domain names that were in the redemption grace period this past weekend. Some of the domains were snapped up by new registrants and from ... Continue Reading4 Comments